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Orange smoke is seen rising above SpaceX's facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday, April 20, 2019. The Air Force confirmed an anomaly occurred with the company's Crew Dragon capsule. Craig Bailey / FLORIDA TODAY

Orange smoke is seen rising above SpaceX's facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday, April 20, 2019. The Air Force confirmed an anomaly occurred with the company's Crew Dragon capsule. Craig Bailey / FLORIDA TODAY

Orange smoke is seen rising above SpaceX's facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday, April 20, 2019. The Air Force confirmed an anomaly occurred with the company's Crew Dragon capsule. Craig Bailey / FLORIDA TODAY

"On April 20, 2019, an anomaly occurred at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during the Dragon 2 static test fire," wing spokesman Jim Williams told Florida Today. "The anomaly was contained and there were no injuries."

Florida Today photographer Craig Bailey, who was covering an event in nearby Cocoa Beach, captured an image of orange plumes rising from SpaceX facilities at the cape at around 3:30 p.m.

“Earlier today, SpaceX conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test vehicle on our test stand at Landing Zone 1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida," SpaceX said in a statement. "The initial tests completed successfully but the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand.

"Ensuring that our systems meet rigorous safety standards and detecting anomalies like this prior to flight are the main reasons why we test. Our teams are investigating and working closely with our NASA partners," the company said.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon, also referred to as Dragon 2, is designed to take humans to the International Space Station and successfully flew for the first time in March. The company was planning to launch a crewed version of the spacecraft no earlier than July, but was also planning an in-flight abort test, or a demonstration of its life-saving abort capabilities, sometime before then.

It is unknown which Crew Dragon was involved in the Saturday anomaly, but each spacecraft has thrusters designed to be used as a launch abort system. They require occasional test firings to evaluate readiness and performance.

SpaceX's timeline to return crews to the ISS from the U.S. will likely be revised to include a first launch sometime later in the year.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, March 2, 2019. This is the first launch of the rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule designed to carry humans into space. Craig Bailey / FLORIDA TODAY

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, March 2, 2019. This is the first launch of the rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule designed to carry humans into space. Craig Bailey / FLORIDA TODAY

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center early Saturday, March 2, 2019. This is the first launch of the rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule that was designed to carry humans into space. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center early Saturday, March 2, 2019. This is the first launch of the rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule that was designed to carry humans into space. Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY,